Provided the current Linux CLI client isn't too f*cked up (has it changed since last year?), I'm probably in for an AMD FX octo-core or two. Production pales compared to the GPU client, but at least it's something.

My tiny little mini-ITX gaming PC can kick out more points in two hours than I accumulated with 3 PCs in two years near the start of the project, but I'm loathe to add the heat and noise while I'm still running the air conditioning.

My tiny little mini-ITX gaming PC can kick out more points in two hours than I accumulated with 3 PCs in two years near the start of the project, but I'm loathe to add the heat and noise while I'm still running the air conditioning.

I figure by October 1 AC season will be essentially over for me, and the noise level of the current build isn't too bad under full load (all fans are large diameter and low RPM).

OTOH, of some concern for me is the fact that I normally set my laptop on top of my desktop mid-tower case to charge it and put it within reach of the KVM cables, while still keeping it out of the way when "docked". Optimal use of space is a concern in a cluttered office such as this! With the system running full-bore my makeshift laptop "dock" will probably get a little too warm...

I don't think Fah gives any bonus points for current GPU work units, but it never hurts to have a passkey in case they do in the future or if you decide to crunch some SMP work units.

I hope to soon borrow my cousin's DSL internet to sneakernet a full 200MB driver (with open GL support) and the V7 client to get my 550Ti back in service. Fah no longer supports any version of the V3 console client.

edit - All V3 GPU clients tested, but no experience with the V3 SMP or Linux clients.

As a rule of thumb, for GPU folding. Shading prowess and SP performance matters far more then memory bandwidth and fill-rate. Nvidia chips are better on average at folding, but the gap closes with most recent generation of GPUs from both camps.

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...and I think it may be case-sensitive too. Double-check, because if you get it wrong then your points won't go to OUR Frankie.

It is not case-sensitive, but what really matters is the keypass.

Okay, maybe you're right about it not being case-sensitive, but one can't misspell it and expect points to go to the right place. For example, there are at least two "Frankie" names and two variants of "Frankenbot" attatched to the TechReport team. None of those is the TRFrankenbot that we're working on right now.

So to be clear for newbies, one has to get three things correct for your points to go to "our Frankie". The team number which is 2630, Frankie's proper name "TRFrankenbot" (no quotes), and the passcode which nobody should publish here but plenty of people will PM to you upon request.

Sorry to be picky on this one, but it's probably best to be clear about it here at the beginning of October, yes?

Just looking at GPU charts again and it looks like Pascal-era stuff are absolute monsters at folding due to their insane SP throughput. Even the lowly 1060 outpaces anything in its price range and manages to keep up with a 980.

If you want to setup a killer folding farm. 1060s seemed to be a solid choice.

Edit: This brings home that I'm running on a 3 y.o. GPU, and that AMD hasn't offered me anything compelling since I bought it, and that NVIDIA hasn't offered anything affordable since then either -- for a rather silly value of "affordable" too!

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Fury X and 470/480X are potent platforms in their own right (due to their massive shader unit count)

R9 Fury X yes though 5 NVIDIA cards beat it, RX 480 kinda but it's a lesser card in games, RX 470 not so particularly when you factor in that some of the R9 290X results in that Google docs list must be detuned or at least in non-über mode.

So I am having a problem with my CPU slot. It worked yesterday but last night and today I am getting the following error: 21:35:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:808021:35:47:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment21:35:47:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.64.65.35:8021:35:47:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.64.65.35:80': Empty work server assignment

I have tried restarting, and removed and readded the CPU slot. Still same error. My GPU slot is folding fine.